Our Roast Beef challenge was a pleasure for us all. In the end, I was surprised to get twelve meals from one humble roast. I had no idea that I would be able to stretch my roast to cover so… Read More ›
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Meal 12 – Soup
Once again we have had reheated soup for dinner, served with buttered bread soldiers. One again, the reheated soup tasted better than the original batch. Delicious! Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef… Read More ›
Meal 11 – Soup
Tonight we had reheated soup served with buttered bread soldiers. As usual, it tasted better second time round. Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef Sandwiches Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie Meal 4… Read More ›
Meal 10 – Soup
This morning I once again pulled out the slow-cooker and threw in some spuds; some pumpkin, some carrots, a bit of leftover green capsicum, a few tomatoes, some leftover bacon my mother-in-law gave me, and the leftover beef – all… Read More ›
Meal 9 – Sandwiches
Having cooked the remaining beef in the slow-cooker yesterday, I decided to use some of the meat in the childrens’ lunch – it sure beats the usual jam or Vegemite! Thus the children are heading off to school with beef,… Read More ›
Meal 8 – Steaks
We thawed out the other half of the roast and carved off some steaks. These were fried up and served with cold hard-boiled eggs, sliced beetroot and tossed salad. The remaining uncooked beef was returned to the fridge. I haven’t… Read More ›
Meal 7 – Soup
There was a small amount of soup leftover, but not enough for dinner, so the kids all had soup for lunch. This was served with buttered bread soldiers, fruit and a snack. Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast… Read More ›
Meal 6 – Soup
Tonight we ate bowls of reheated soup served with buttered bread soldiers. It was even tastier second time around! Roast Beef Challenge Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef Meal 2 – Roast Beef Sandwiches Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie Meal… Read More ›
Meal 5 – Soup
This is another slow-cooker meal. Into our slow-cooker, I placed spuds (cut into quarters), pumpkin (cut into pieces around the same size as the spuds), sliced carrots, the rest of the beef (chopped), the leftovers from the pie and pizza… Read More ›
Meal 4 – Pizza
We used a pre-made pizza base from the bread section of Woolies for this meal. We spread the pizza base with salsa instead of tomato paste, because we already had the salsa in the cupboard. Next we sprinkled a small… Read More ›
Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie
For this meal, we took all the leftovers from the roast – meat, veg, spuds pumpkin, pumpkin skin and all – and cut them into bite sized pieces. We had enough leftovers to fill our pie, but if you don’t… Read More ›
Meal 2 – Roast Beef Sandwiches
While the kids are at school, Earth and I are eating roast beef sandwiches. This is nothing fancy, just a slice of roast beef in between two slices of buttered bread. We have two sandwiches each. Roast Beef Challenge Meal… Read More ›
Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef
I went to my local butcher to purchase the roast for my Roast Beef Challenge. The roast I ended up buying weighs just over 5kg (11lbs) and cost me just over $46. When I took the wrapper off this morning,… Read More ›
Beef Capital of Australia
As you drive through the city of Rockhampton, you will notice something quite unusual. Everywhere, there are statues of cows and bulls. Big cows, little cows, cows with horns, cows without – even the Welcome to Rockhampton sign is graced… Read More ›
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